Larry LoadLabs's blog

I've used a variety of tools for system monitoring during load and performance testing, but one that's impressed me lately is RPM by NewRelic, which profiles Java and Ruby web applications. It's extremely lightweight and generates a lot of useful load and performance data. I used it on a website that used Tomcat as the application server and MySQL on the backend, and RPM was able to point out some database bottlenecks pretty quickly. It's especially good at aggregating data from multiple application servers, which can be a colossal pain to monitor individually.

LoadLabs could best described as a labor of love. But our HR department said we could not describe it like that. So we will say it is the culmination of a lot of hard work. LoadLabs is a wholly owned subsidiary of ProtoTest, llc. ProtoTest has been around since 1998 and has had laser like focus on the QA and software testing industry. We have been providing QA consulting services and staff augmentation for 12 years now. In all that time we have always done a lot of load and performance testing.